Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worshiped"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}or
{Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} or {Worshipping}.]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.

Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.

This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.

2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.

But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.

When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.

3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.

With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.

Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.


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